Jiang Tong looked at the pile of transfer agreements, then turned to Zhou Yuansheng and asked, "Are you sure?"

It's actually unnecessary.

She now has a considerable annual income, more than she can spend herself.

But Zhou Yuansheng still smiled and asked her to sign, "I'm sure, please sign it quickly."

He still wanted to give her more security.

So all of this was prepared for her long ago: hundreds of properties all over the country, several luxury homes abroad, and a portion of his shares.

As for the safe and other passwords in the upstairs house, the two had already shared them.

Jiang Tong also has a black card in her hand.

Today's main purpose is to let Jiang Tong know all of his assets. As his partner, she has the right to know all of this.

Seeing his serious expression, Jiang Tong turned around and read through the agreement. Finally, she signed her name. It was truly terrifying; her hand was sore from signing so many times.

Then, amidst the continuous fireworks in City A at night, the two talked about their respective assets, and from that moment on, they were completely bound together.

Jiang Tong still felt a little unreal, as if this day was a wonderful dream. She only cooked a few dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner, while Zhou Yuansheng ordered the rest of the food and had it delivered directly to her place.

The three kids were unpacking their New Year's gifts, some from Jiang Tong's good friends and some from Zhou Yuansheng's relatives and friends, all piled up in the living room.

Jiang Tong and Zhou Yuansheng prepared the New Year's Eve dinner together, and then she smiled and told the children to go wash their hands, "Go quickly, you can open your presents after you finish eating."

The three boys all said yes in unison.

They ran to the restroom laughing and joking, and lined up to wash their hands.

A family of five sat around a table laden with delicious food, while outside the window, spectacular fireworks lit up the sky.

Jiang Tong felt particularly at ease.

She smiled and raised her glass with Zhou Yuansheng, "Come on, everyone, cheers!"

Zhou Yuansheng smiled and said, "Happy New Year."

Zhou Jiaqi smiled and said in his childish voice, "Cheers, Daddy and Mommy!"

Holding a greasy chicken leg in one hand and a juice bottle in the other, Peipei giggled and said, "Cheers! Thank you, Mom and Dad, for cooking for us!"

Hanhan was also very happy. She was more lively than before and less gloomy. She smiled and raised her glass, saying, "Happy New Year, Daddy and Mommy."

Jiang Tong also wished them a Happy New Year!

The crisp sound of glasses clinking was followed by a room full of joyful laughter.

**

On the other side, the Xu family.

Wang Chungui was making dumplings with a displeased expression because her son wasn't coming home for the New Year's Eve reunion.

The new daughter-in-law is really troublesome!

Wang Chungui was so angry that she wished she could turn her into dumpling filling and wrap her inside a dumpling!

Xu Shengfu lay on the sofa, smoking and crossing his legs, while loudly bragging to his relatives about how much money his son would soon earn and how he would have everything he wanted. His voice was ridiculously loud.

Before he married his daughter-in-law, he would cook. Although his chauvinistic nature prevented him from helping with any other housework, it was still good that he could cook. But since he married his daughter-in-law, he has never lifted a finger to cook.

Now, he's long lost the skill to cook, and he's too lazy to move.

Wang Chungui had to do it herself. The more she wrapped the dumplings, the angrier she became. Even though only a year had passed, she felt a huge difference in her life. At this time of year, the house would be lively and bustling, with children's programs on TV and Peipei always making people happy with her sweet words. The house would be filled with her noise.

Although Hanhan doesn't talk much, she can still be seen in the house.

Wang Chungui vaguely recalled what she was doing at the time. Right, she was busy getting her hair done with her old friends in the neighborhood, then going shopping for pretty clothes, and then playing mahjong all day.

Jiang Tong took care of everything at home: the pre-New Year cleaning, New Year's gifts, New Year's Eve dinner preparations, and new clothes for Xu Huaiyuan, his son, and the children.

She's such a wonderful mother-in-law; she has so much less to worry about, and when she gets home, Peipei always clings to her and acts all cute.

And what's the result now?

The son was called away by his new daughter-in-law and didn't even come back for the New Year's Eve dinner. Doesn't that clearly show that Ke Rou doesn't respect the two elders?

Wang Chungui suddenly had a vivid image of herself growing old and dying alone in this house. She was jolted awake and immediately tried to sow discord between Xu Shengfu and her son, saying, "I'm telling you, your good daughter-in-law Ke Rou promised to come back for the New Year's Eve reunion dinner, but she went back on her word and won't let your son come back. It's obvious that she doesn't respect us two old folks. Can you still sit still like this?"

Xu Shengfu was just about to brag to his other relatives when he heard this, and even while lying down, he finally dared to glance at his own vicious wife. "How can I not sit still? Let me tell you, our son is at a critical moment. Whether he gets meat or soup in the future depends on this distant relative, Ke Rou. What's wrong with him coaxing Ke Rou a little?!"

Wanting the ox to work but not wanting it to eat grass? Where in the world is there such a good thing?

You can't get something without giving something in return.

Xu Shengfu took it all in stride. Wang Chungui was still saying that Ke Rou looked down on them, but was there any need to say more? Ke Rou clearly looked down on them!

He doesn't care about any of that.

Xu Shengfu only cared about whether his son could earn money and whether he could give him more money.

Whether I come back or not is irrelevant.

He has money to spend, can eat meat and drink alcohol, and can even sit at home with his legs up and brag to people.

Isn't life pretty good?

Unlike Wang Chungui, who wants everything but ends up with nothing.

Xu Shengfu was too lazy to pay attention to his neurotic wife and continued his video call with relatives. When someone video-called him, he immediately answered, "Hey! Fourth Brother? Oh my, it's been so long! Happy New Year! What? You found out too? Sigh, Huaiyuan is just lucky, he caught the wave. You heard me right, he might make a lot of money in the future! I'm not kidding you!"

He spoke as if Xu Huaiyuan had already earned tens of millions a year, and he was particularly smug.

Wang Chungui originally wanted to sow discord and get Xu Shengfu to join in the trouble, but she didn't expect him to be so indifferent. This angered her so much that she almost had a heart attack and couldn't finish making dumplings.

She felt the house was too empty, with only the two of them in the living room, so she turned the TV back on and changed the channel.

The only consolation is that there were constant fireworks this year, adding to the festive atmosphere at home.

I don't know if it's because the economy is too good this year or what, but the fireworks in City A have never stopped, starting from dark and continuing non-stop.

We haven't set it out like this in previous years.

Wang Chungui was trying to calm herself down when she suddenly saw an entertainment news report that the richest man in City A, Zhou, had spent hundreds of millions to propose marriage.

She couldn't help but glance at it a few more times; her eyes almost popped out of their sockets. Hundreds of millions?!

Wang Chungui was still mentally counting on her fingers, wondering how many zeros were in several hundred million. "Wow," she thought to herself, "this guy is really rich."

The next second, she saw the TV host put Zhou Xun's photo on the screen, which startled Wang Chungui so much that she knocked over the dumpling filling with a loud "bang!" She stood up abruptly and stared intently at the photo on the screen.